Nine-Year-Old’s Dying Wish Granted Thanks to Facebook

There is nothing worse than a story about a nine-year-old dying of cancer. The best we can hope for out of one is something like this -- overwhelming humanity from strangers in the face of tragedy.

Nine-year-old soccer fan Jens Pascal Schmidt had a brain tumor, and his dying wish was for a gravestone with the logo of his favorite team Borussia Dortmund. His parents tried to accommodate their son's wish when he did pass away, but their plans quickly hit a snag.

The Catholic churchyard in which Jens was buried doesn't allow any non-Christian elements, and decided to classify a soccer logo as such.

The dispute became national news in Germany and other supporters of Borussia Dortmund took to social media to demand the church reverse its position.